* 430 was the number of lightning deaths in Florida between 1959 and 2004 making it the leading state in the USA for lightning fatalities.
* 102 was the number of deaths in Alabama for the same period (national rank No. 12)
* 265 degrees is the difference in the world’s official highest and lowest temperature ever recorded. It was 129 below zero at Vostok, Antarctica on July 21, 1963 and 136 above zero at El Azizia, Libya on September 13, 1922.
* 25 below zero was the coldest in the Lower 48 states this morning at Gleason, Mont.
* 24 below was the low at Browning, Mont., located in the extreme north part of the state just east of the front range of the Rockies. That town is famous in weather circles because it holds the USA record for the biggest 24 hour drop in temperature, an amazing 100 degrees!
* 78 was one of the warmest temperatures in Alabama Tuesday afternoon, at Dothan.
* 33 below was the coldest in Alaska today.
* 88 at Laredo, Tex., was the warmest in the USA today.
* 15.26 inches is how much rain Seattle has received so far in November. This is 3 times the normal amount.
* 8 above is the low temperature James Spann is forecasting for Flagstaff, Ariz., for Thursday morning. He provides the daily forecasts for KGCB Radio in Prescott but the signal reaches all the way from Flagstaff to Phoenix.
